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Model: netFIELD NIOT-ETPI51-EN-RE/NFLD
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Key Aspects: Best Practices for Everyday Use, Technical Data and Parameters, Error Code Explanations
Updated: 01.08.2026
Source File: 1906614.pdf
Pages: 91
Description: Setup and usage guide for the hilscher netFIELD NIOT-ETPI51-EN-RE/NFLD.
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User manual
netFIELD Connect
Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH
www.hilscher.com
DOC191101UM02EN | Revision 2 | English | 2020-05 | Released | Public
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Table of contents
1
Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 4
1.1
Description of the contents............................................................................................... 4
1.2
List of revisions ................................................................................................................ 4
1.3
Conventions in this document.......................................................................................... 5
2
Brief description ...................................................................................................................... 6
2.1
Terms and abbreviations.................................................................................................. 6
2.2
Intended use .................................................................................................................... 6
2.3
Key features..................................................................................................................... 7
2.4
netFIELD OS: Industrial IoT Operating System ............................................................... 8
2.5
Depiction of netFIELD Connect SW architecture........................................................... 11
3
Safety notes............................................................................................................................ 12
3.1
Risk of device destruction by exceeding the allowed supply voltage............................. 12
3.2
Limitation of program/erase cycles of SD card .............................................................. 12
4
Hardware description ............................................................................................................ 13
4.1
Device drawings............................................................................................................. 13
4.1.1
Positions of the interfaces............................................................................... 13
4.1.2
Dimensions ..................................................................................................... 14
4.2
Interfaces ....................................................................................................................... 15
4.2.1
Power supply .................................................................................................. 15
4.2.2
LAN connector ................................................................................................ 15
4.2.3
Real-Time Ethernet connectors ...................................................................... 15
4.2.4
USB connectors.............................................................................................. 15
4.2.5
Wi-Fi................................................................................................................ 16
4.2.6
HDMI connector.............................................................................................. 16
4.3
LEDs .............................................................................................................................. 17
4.3.1
Positions of the LEDs on the device ............................................................... 17
4.3.2
Device status LEDs......................................................................................... 17
4.3.3
LEDs of the LAN interface .............................................................................. 18
4.3.4
LEDs of the Real-Time Ethernet interface ...................................................... 19
5
Commissioning and first steps ............................................................................................ 20
5.1
Overview ........................................................................................................................ 20
5.1.1
netFIELD Portal user ...................................................................................... 20
5.1.2
Standard Docker user..................................................................................... 21
5.2
Mounting ........................................................................................................................ 22
5.3
Establish LAN connection and login to local Device Manager....................................... 22
5.4
Set system time.............................................................................................................. 26
5.5
"Onboard" (register) device in netFIELD Portal ............................................................. 28
5.5.1
Overview......................................................................................................... 28
5.5.2
Onboarding using the “Basic” method ............................................................ 29
5.5.3
Onboarding using the “Advanced” method ..................................................... 31
6
Device Manager...................................................................................................................... 37
6.1
Overview ........................................................................................................................ 37
6.2
System ........................................................................................................................... 39
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6.3
Networking ..................................................................................................................... 42
6.4
Onboarding (and offboarding)........................................................................................ 45
6.5
Standard Docker ............................................................................................................ 48
6.6
IoT Edge Docker ............................................................................................................ 54
6.7
Accounts ........................................................................................................................ 59
6.8
Certificate....................................................................................................................... 62
6.9
General Settings ............................................................................................................ 63
6.10
Terminal ......................................................................................................................... 65
6.11
Operating System Update.............................................................................................. 66
6.12
Logs ............................................................................................................................... 69
7
Good to know......................................................................................................................... 70
7.1
Device recovery via USB ............................................................................................... 70
7.2
How to change the default Docker network configuration.............................................. 74
7.3
Useful CLI commands and parameters in Terminal....................................................... 77
7.3.1
Network Manager............................................................................................ 77
7.3.2
Connect to Wi-Fi Access Point ....................................................................... 77
7.3.3
Docker Compose Support for Standard Docker environment......................... 77
7.3.4
Manage Standard Docker............................................................................... 77
7.3.5
Manage IoT Edge Docker............................................................................... 77
7.3.6
Enable/disable SSH Daemon (release port 22).............................................. 77
7.3.7
External storage support using iSCSI............................................................. 78
7.3.8
Follow the system log via terminal CLI ........................................................... 78
8
Technical data........................................................................................................................ 79
9
Decommissioning, dismounting and disposal ................................................................... 81
9.1
Putting the device out of operation................................................................................. 81
9.2
Removing device from top hat rail.................................................................................. 81
9.3
Disposal of waste electronic equipment......................................................................... 81
10 Appendix................................................................................................................................. 82
10.1
Approvals ....................................................................................................................... 82
10.1.1
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ................................................ 82
10.1.2
Industry Canada (IC)....................................................................................... 83
10.2
Legal notes..................................................................................................................... 84
List of figures ......................................................................................................................... 88
List of tables........................................................................................................................... 90
Contacts.................................................................................................................................. 91
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1
Introduction
1.1
Description of the contents
This user manual describes the hardware and the web-based management
GUI (local Device Manager) of the netFIELD Connect device (NIOT-E-
TPI51-EN-RE/NFLD) from Hilscher. Instructions on how to commission the
device are also provided in this document.
1.2
List of revisions
Index
Date
Revision
1
2020-04-17
Document created
2
2020-05-11
Download links for netFIELD OS update/recovery files
changed in sections and Operating System
Update [} page 66] and Device recovery via
USB [} page 70]
Table 1: List of revisions
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